Ross Gay spent a year wrg daily says about thgs that light him. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Gay about some of the says clud his new book, The Book of Delights.
Contents:
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
- ROSS GAY
- DELIGHTG ROSS GAY, ONE ESSAY AT A TIME
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
On the Co Swch podst, Ross Gay reflects on his 2019 llectn The Book of Delights, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word "love." * ross gay book of delights review *
Today, we're stg down wh the wrer Ross Gay.
ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
* ross gay book of delights review *
So many thgs light Ross Gay: handma fy srv and loerg, the joy of rryg a heavy bag between two people, paw paws and even weeds. This summer, I reread yet aga and found myself medatg on a sire Gay had voiced: wantg to be softer a world so ready to sharpen and to make hard.
So, a recent terview, I talked to Gay about that sire, as well as the role of joy daily life, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word "love.
ROSS GAY
The Book of Delights: Ross Gay is known for his poetry, but "The Book of Delights" prov that he’s also an apt sayist. In posg the book, Gay operated unr a simple prciple: keep a diary of entri over the urse of one year, wh each entry ncerng... * ross gay book of delights review *
Ross Gay spent a year wrg daily says about thgs that light him.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Gay about some of the says clud his new book, The Book of Delights. The wrer Ross Gay spent a year dog that. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)ROSS GAY: Well, one of the thgs that I realized is that - the begng, I thought, oh, man.
DELIGHTG ROSS GAY, ONE ESSAY AT A TIME
by Vivian Wagner One ol, April day, seven years almost to the day after my father’s suici, I sat outsi a ffee shop readg Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights. As cherry blossom petals fell around me and onto the pag of the book, I me across this passage one of s says, “‘Joy… * ross gay book of delights review *
GAY: Absolutely. GAY: Totally.